Woven carrier.



v. H.1ENN|NGS.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6| i911.

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WOVEN CARRIER.

Specic'atio'n of Letters Patent; Pat11ted-g111ly 23,A 1918,

d Application filed November 6,1917.A Seria1No.2'00,5l30.

To a'ZZ whomz't may concern: t

Be it known that I, .Vio'ron H. J'nNNiNGs, a citizen of Athe. United Statesn'residing at lvorcester, in the count-y of Vorcester, State of Massachusetts, .have invented, a certain new and useful Improvement in Woven Carbranch of thegeneric inventionrwhich Ais described andclaimedin my application led J une :24, 191G,S,eria1-No. 105,673, consisting in a carrier of woven material comprising a flexible. ebacking, and elongated pockets or loops of suoli material at ,the surface of Asaid backing, adapted tocontain pencils, etcf, and

having a plurality of stiffening strips combinedwith the said backing and paralleling the `pockets, or loops. Y t

One object vof A the Vgeneric invention just mentioned is to produce thoroughlypractiA cal and ysuperior Vcarriers adapted for Vthe use aforesaid. Another istoproduce acarrier l which,.w1th itsgpockets or loops 4iille'dl withpencils,` eraser,ialidade,vor other. articles,

maybe rolled vtransversely upon itself intok approximately .a lcylinder ofY comparativelyV small diameter, and carried in a pocket of the users clothing. v v a carrier capable ofy being rolled upon itself transversely in the mannerjust referred to, and stiiiened lengthwise so that the pockets or loops are held from :buckling or bending, and so as to reduce the liability tobreakag'e of pencils, etc., through bending of the wear-Y eris body.

I have carried the4 generic invention intoY practicalei'ect by two main methods, producing thereby woven carriers ,ofr two speciiic types ef construction, 'constituting two speciesjof the genus. The application led J une 24, 1916, Shows and describes a carrier of one of theV said types of construction, or species, producedl according to one of the said main methods. The present invention consists in a carrier ofthe second type, or species, pro- Anothei, is to 'produce A duced vaccording to theotlier of such methods.' s i Y v Carriers of the species kof my application of June2l, 1916*are woven in one integral structure .by specialY procedureV in weaving.

Carriers of the second species, .constituting the Apresent invention7 Aembody a ,principle of construction which involves the combination of a .pocket-section, comprising a body-web woven with the required longitudinal pockets 1 or loops, aiid'istiffening `strips paralleling the said longitudinal pockets or loops, with a flexible backing constituted by tr-separate web of vrcloth upon which the said .pocket section'is mounted. The Vsaid Vba'ckinggis made with an extension or flange whichalso isa feature of my generic invention, adapted to be engaged by means for connecting the carrier to Aa 'place of support, usuallyV a gar-YY ment wornbytlie userof the-carrier. 'The principle ofonstruction in questionhas va? and expedites the manufactureA of vthe car? Y riers, and lessens 'the cost thereof. i

The presentinvention includes other vspe- `l cia-l features wlllcli aredescribed herein and rious advantagesin practice; it facilitates are set forth in the claims.

"Illiedrawingsf show an illustrated embodi- V ment of the invention.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a front eleyation of an'engineers pencil carrier constitutf ing the said illustrative embodiment. Y

Figs.V 2 and 3 are viewsin section online 2, 2, and 3', prespectiyely, of Fig. l', with,

the pocket-contents omitted.

y',lhecarr'ier shown inthe drawingsisa soicalled engineers pencil case,designed` for convenient'attachment to a garment ,worn by the user, and contrived 'to lioldror carry con,-

veniently 4for handy use certainf' the` articles; which 'requeiitlyV arenf'calledfinto Aservice byhiin. The articles providedior in vthis instance are y.five pencils a,'a, etcl, va

pencil eraser, and va ,so-calledxalidade d.' A For the' reception YoftheY pencils" the 'carrier is etc. For the; reception oftlie'pencil eraser,

' the carrier is furnished with a short pocketV lfurnished with the elongatedpencil loops c, c,V

o, which is shapedA and proportioned suitably yto receive an -oblong block strip of eraser material. `Afcover-iap e isshown in con?)V necti'on with eraser pocket 22,:,said-cover-flap being'attached one end to the carrier adjacent the top of the back of such pocket, and being furnished with suitable fastenings, one member of which is shown at e', for keeping it closed in place. For the reception of the alidade, the carrier is furnished with a long pocket somewhat greater in capacity than one of the pencil loops. The eraser pocket and alidade pocket are proportioned and formed to iit the eraser and alidade snugly and hold thein securely by friction. The different pockets and loops are arranged side by side and parallel with one another.

In different instances in practice the number, form, and arrangement of pockets and loops may vary, and they may be contrived to Areceive additional or diii'erent articles.

The pockets or loops are woven in integral connection with a body-web g. At 7L is the separately prepared backing upon which the pocketed body-web is mounted. Fig. 2 shows at i, z', the strips of iiexible stitfening material. In this instance the said strips occupy sheaths in the body-web behind the pockets or loops and parallel with the latter. They are formed within the substance of the body-web in the weaving of the latter. The strips i, z', are slipped longitudinally into the said sheaths. The said strips may be composed of various materials, but usually what is known as walohn, 'it consisting oi' steel strips coated with rubber, is employed by preference, it being convenient to procure strips of such material having a very satisfactory degree oi' comparative stiiiiness combined with flexibility, resiliency and toughness.

The sheaths usually are closed at their lower ends in the weaving, openings being formed at their upper ends to admit the stitt'ening strips. The eraser pocket b and alidade pocket are woven with their bottom ends closed. The pencil loops are woven open at both ends, but with their lower ends contracted or constricted so as to be practically closed. The lower portions of the pencil loops are in this instance occupied by long sleeve-like metal cups, one oi' which is partly shown at 7' in F ig. l, in which view the material inclosing such cup is broken away. These cups receive the inserted pointed ends of the pencils occupying the pencil loops, and protect the pencil points.

The body-web g is woven with a narrow iiange g projecting downward below the lower ends of the pencil loops, and with a narrow iiange g2 projecting upward above the upper ends ot the pockets and loops. The side-margins g3, g3, of the body-web project laterally beyond the end pencil loops. 'i

The ieXible backing 7L consists in this instance of a strip of woven material of a width suitable for the backing, that is to say, a little wider than the series of pockets and loops, and equal to the width of the body-web of the pocket section, this strip being folded upon itselil twice, namely at h and at h2, producing thereby three thicknesses h3, h4, lr", of material. The intermediate thickness, ht, lies upon the front face of the thickness 7b3, and the third thickness, h5, lies upon the front face Oi' the said intermediate thickness. The fold at L constitutes a smooth, turned, bottom end for the backing. This end projects below the lower end of the pocket-section. The fold at h2 is above the upper end of the pocket-section, but below the top end oi the thickness h3. The three thicknesses h3, h4, 71,5, above the upper end of the pocket-section givel body and substance to the upper portion ot the backing, above the pocket-section, with a smooth, turned, top 'fold at h2. The lower end of thickness Ir is covered by the upper portion of the pocket-section; The pocketsection is fastened to the backing by means of a transverse line of applied astenings at m engaging with the flange g at the lower end of the pocket-section, other transverse lines at m, m', engaging with the iiange g2 at lthe upper end of the pocket-section, and vertical lines m3, m3, engaging with the laterally-projecting side-margins g3, g3, of the Vpocket-section. The various lines of fastenings preferably are stitches. They serve to fasten together the dii-ferent thicknesses of the backing. A transverse line fm,z of vfastenings (stitches) adjacent fold h2 holds the `said thicknesses together at such place Preferably the side-margins and top of the carrier are bound by means of a covering-strip or binding tape 0 which incloses the side and top edges of the backing, and also covers and incloses the laterally-projecting portions of the body-web at opposite sides of the pockets or loops, the said binding-tape 0 being secured in place by means of the lines of stitches m3, m3, which are continued around the top end of the backing.

The extensions or ianges which are constituted by the portions of the backing above the fold h2, and below the'body-web and its pockets or loops, are shown as urnished with eyelets p, p, through the holes of which may be passed the pointed portions of safety pins 7*, r, used in attaching the carrier to a garment of the user. The said extensions or flanges are suiiiciently thin andv iiexible to enable'them to be bent or doubled transversely, more or less, so as to facilitate the application of the pins tothe eyelets and the engagement of the pins with the coat or shirt of the user of the carrier. The reduction in thickness of the top end of the backing by locating the fold below the eyelets renders the top extension or iange thinner and more flexible than the bottom one. VAs .in my application filed vJ une 24, 1916,;one or moresupplemental` eyelets applied to theztop end of the backing may be occupied by af cord or cords forconnecting the alidade and eraser, or other articles, flexibly with'the carrier, for .instance the cord t shown connected to thesaidtopend and tothe alidade Y Then the carrier v,with its pockets filled with tubes,;pencils, eraser, andalidade has been rolled' upon itself transverselyit forms approximately a cylnderof comparatively small diameter which may be carried inione of the users pockets. The stiffeningstrips keep. the carrier straight lengthwise within the lengthof the pockets orlloopsso that the latter are held from bucklingor bending, while the tri le .thickness of the backing above the poclets or loopsstiffens the saine so that it tends vto remain straight and flat, so that no difficulty is experienced in inserting the pencils, eraser, and alidade into their respective pockets or loops. .Thestiffening means constitutesa reinforcement which reduces the liability ofv bending of the wearers body to occasion breakage of pencils. additional layers of cloth or other suitable material for stiffening and other purposes may be introduced between the two portions of the backing.

In producing the body-web and integral pockets or loops by weaving, the top and bottom edges of the body-web are selvage edges, and the sheaths, pocketsor loops are produced transversely of the carrier-web. A connected sequence of carrier sections is produced by continuations of the weaving operations, they being separated after the conclusion of the said operations by cutting transversely across the portions of web which connect them together in a longitudinal series. Usually, the warp-threads of the loop and pocket ply are simply floated between one series of pockets or loops and the next, without interweaving with webs of filling, and after the carrier'sections have been separated from one another by cutting across the intermediate portions of bodywebs on transverse lines the `loose ends of floated warp-threads projecting at the sides of the first and last pencil loops are trimmed away. v What is claimed as the invention is l. A carrier of woven material comprising a flexible body-web 'having elongated pockets or loops woven upon one surface of said body-web, and a flexible backing upon which the said body-web is mounted with the side-margins of the body-web and those of the vbacking secured-together by applied fastenings, said backing having an extension or flange above said body-web adapted to be engaged by means for connecting the carrier to a place of support.

If deemed advisable, one yorV more 2. A carrierof ,woven materialfcomprisinsa flexible `t dyub haring i elongated pockets ori-loops wo-venupon enesurfacaof said .body-web, la/plurality of stiflening strips vparallelingsaid pockets or loops, and aflexiblcbackiii'ig upon'which-thesad bodywebr vis @mountedv with the .side-margins of the body-web andthose of -`the ,backing secured together .by applied .fasteni-ngs, said'baclrin g having an f, extension or flange v`iabove .said body-web adapted .to be iengaged by,(means forfconnecting the .carrier to a `place ,of4v support l Y 3. A carrier f vwoven -materiaL comprising e vflexible100dyfWr/la lonefvtedipockets 01" loops, woven uponjloue surfaceV of, said, bodyweb,ja plurality of s -heajths woven.i n;saidA bodyiweb paralleling said 'pockets or lo'ops,

Y ande pluralityv of-stifl'enin-gVY strips contained Within said sheaths, combined with@y separately-formed flexiblefbaclring to which thel margins of --theJbody-web are attachedV by. rpledfatenssrthe Seid baekeglheving an extension or flange adapted tor-haeneased by. means. .Lt-0r cemletng. the Carrier to a'place of support.

.14. Aucarrier'of woven` matemal'gcomprisingaflexible body-web, elongated pockets or loops woven upon Aone surface of said bodyweb, a plurality `of sheaths Woven 4in said.

body-web paralleling said pockets or loops, and a plurality of stiffening strips containedwithin said sheaths, combined with a sepa- Y rately-formed flexible backing to which themargins of the body-web are attached by applied fastenings, the said backing extending above the upper end of said body-web and having one or more eyelets adapted to be engaged by means for'fastening the carrier to a .garment of the user of the carrier.

5. A carrier of woven material comprising a flexible body-web, elongated pockets or vloops woven upon one surface of said'bodyweb, and a plurality of stiffening strips paralleling said pockets or loops combined with a separatelyformed flexible backing to which the said body-web is attached by ap,- plied fa`steningssaid backing consistin of a strip of material doubled upon itsel :to produce a-smooth turned bottom end forv the Y carrier, with its two upwardly-extending portions secured together, the said backingY having anupward extension above the bodyweb adapted to be engaged by meansY for fastening the carrier toV a garment of the user. f

G. Acarrier of woven material ccmprising a flexible body-web, elongated pockets or n loops woven upon yone surface of said bodyweb, a plurality of shea-ths woven in said body-web paralleling said pockets or loops,

a plurality of stiff'ening strips Vcontained within said sheaths, combined with a separately-formed flexible backing to Ywhich the said body-web lis attached by applied fastenings, said backing consisting of a strip of material doubled upon itseltl to produce a smooth turned bottom end for the carrier, with its two upwardly-extending portions secured together, the said backing having an upward extension above the body-web adapted to be engaged by means for fastening the carrier to a garment of the user.

7. A carrier of woven material comprising a flexible body-web, elongated pockets or loops woven upon one surface of said bodyweb, and a plurality or" stiliening strips paralleling said pockets or loops, combined with a separatelyformed flexible backing to which the said body-web is attached by applied astenings, said backing consisting of a strip 0f material doubled upon itself to produce a smooth turned bottom end for the carrier, with its two upwardly-extending portions secured together, the said backing having an upward extension above the body-web adapted to be engaged by means for fastening the carrier to a garment of the user.

8. A carrier of woven'material comprising a flexible body-web, elongated pockets or loops woven upon one. surface of said bodyweb, a plurality of sheaths woven in said body-web paralleling said pockets or loops, a plurality oi' stifening strips contained within said sheaths combined with a separately-formed flexible backing to which the said body-web is attached by applied fastenings, said backing consisting of a strip of material doubled upon itself to produce a smooth turned bottom end for the carrier, with its two upwardly-extending portions secured together, the said backing having an upward extension above the body-web adapted to be engaged by means for fastening the carrier to a garment of the user, and a binding-strip inishingoff the upright sideedges and top-edge of the'flexible backing.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR H. JENNINGS.

' Vitnesses:

ELVA M. LORD, EMMA M. BAILEY.

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